Overall Green Earthquake alert in Indonesia on 08 Dec 2022 00:50 UTC

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M 5.8 in Indonesia on 08 Dec 2022 00:50 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	EQ 1349583
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.8M
Depth:	123.719 Km
Lat/Lon:	-6.7381 , 107.159
Event Date:	08 Dec 2022 00:50 UTC 08 Dec 2022 07:50 Local
Exposed Population:	51.3 million in MMI IV
Inserted at:	08 Dec 2022 01:10 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	4.8 (Indonesia)

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000j7r0	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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Indonesia - Earthquake (ECHO 09 Dec 2022)Fri, 09 Dec 2022 10:58

An earthquake of 5.8 M at a depth of 124 km occurred in Cianjur Regency (West Java Province) on 8 December at 00.50 UTC (7.50 local time). The epicentre of the earthquake was approximately 9 km north of Cianjur Town.
According to the ASEAN Disaster Information Network (ADINet), seven people have been displaced, and more than 170 affected.
This seismic event occurred 15 km north-east of the 5.6M event of 21 November that resulted in more than 300 fatalities.

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